contraception

[BeenaBobba]

[quote name='Melchisedec' date='Mar 22 2005, 12:01 PM'] Contraceptives are a very good thing.  Sex for pleasure is not wrong at all. If you want to make love with your significant other and still not want to have to worry about getting pregnant than its the way to go. [/quote]
I'd think you'd view all human beings as having dignity; I'd also think that you'd view all human beings as being more than mere objects. With contraceptive sex, people are reduced to objects. If I were to have sex with my future husband for pleasure alone, I'd literally be using his body for pleasure alone. In other words, I'd be masturbating with his body. That would reduce him to an object. Not to be crude, but people derive sexual pleasure alone from inanimate objects. If one has sex with another for mere pleasure alone, one is acting towards a person how one would act towards a sex toy. Of course, you'll probably argue that there's usually love between couples who engage in contraceptive sex. Affection is one thing; love is quite another. Love, being largely a choice, entails desiring the absolute best for the recipient of one's love (for Catholics, the absolute best is salvation), and reducing someone to a vehicle of pleasure is contrary to human dignity.

[BeenaBobba]

[quote name='Melchisedec' date='Mar 22 2005, 12:21 PM'] The purpose of eating is to sustain the body. Yet we like to eat foods that taste good and please our taste bud. We derive pleasure from eating.  Ssomething that is meant for the simple purpose of sustaining the body. We dont need to be satisfied with the taste of a food to have it sustain our body. Sex is no different.  It is meant to create humans,  yet much pleasure can be derived from it. Its alot like desert. I prolly wont get much nutritional value from eating a desert, I mainly eat desert for the pleasing taste. Sex for pleasure is not wrong and its actually very wonderful. Maybe contraceptives prevents you from unifying with your loved one, but not for me and many millions of people around the world. [/quote]
I'm afraid that's not quite analogous, though I can see what you're trying to say. A piece of chocolate isn't a person. To have sex, one must have another person. When one has sex, one shares a big part of oneself with another. Connections like that, connections that are usually both visceral and mutual, cannot be made with food.